scope:

General 

While the evaluation, monitoring, and mitigation of MIC cannot be prescribed in one particular manner for any given pipeline, this standard describes methodologies by which the appropriate tools and techniques may be selected and practically applied to external surfaces of buried, ferrous-based metal pipelines and related components. The methods presented in this standard represent the general consensus of industry experts in pipeline corrosion and microbiology at the time this standard was published.

Appendix A (Nonmandatory) provides a site inspection and testing checklist. 

All applicable safety and environmental codes, rules, and regulations must be followed when using this standard. 

The term "pipeline" as used in this standard generally refers to any pipe or component of a pipeline system for which the mechanism of external MIC is of interest to the user of this standard.